I’m not a victim. I’m highly successful, I don’t claim to be a victim for a second.

And considering I’m in the US, it seems apropos.

Now, I go to the gym maybe once or twice a week. I end up eating late when it’s during the week. Not so much on the weekend.

I would kill to work as in-house council. However, they typically won’t hire you without 4-7 years of experience.

Wow, so grown up of you.

Yes, in the US, medical school costs a lot of money, even public medical school. Most US doctors who are in residency have debt that can be up to half a million.

The one making several hundred thousand dollars a year and employ people like you.

Yes, debt, her debt (fucking 6.8% before I refinanced it down to 3.43%) is the bane of my existence. It’s around $175,000 right now. We’re throwing as much money as we can. Instead of paying extra money towards principal, since our loan is under 4%, we put extra money in a brokerage account in hopes of making more…

Nope, as I said 10 - 14, as professionals. As in, if I don’t work at least 10, I’d probably be fired.

You understand I haven’t once engaged in ad hominem. I have a feeling you don’t actually know what that phrase means.

You understand getting up earlier requires going to bed earlier, right? Getting up earlier doesn’t magically endow the day with an extra hour.

Yeah, I’m a lawyer. I look to the actual definition, not the one just thrown around. Under the law (FLSA) professional has a very specific meaning. That is the one I use.

We live in upstate NY where I think the median is somewhere in the mid $40,000’s to low $50,000’s. So, our current income dwarfs that.

In those with professional degrees who aren’t protected by unions (read: all but teachers for the most part).

In NY, and the vast majority of the country, salaried employees are not protected by law. Professionals (as defined by professional degrees, as defined by the US Dept. of Ed.) are exempted from FLSA rules regarding breaks. That is the definition of professional. The legal definition. The one the laws refer to,…

No.

I have time for a morning routine. I’m not sure why you think I don’t. I said, (1) I get up, (2) I shower, (3) I throw on a suit, (4) I eat breakfast (as in sit down, make some toast and coffee and eat and watch TV for about 15 minutes), (5) drive to work.

My firm makes it impossible for me to meet my hours. I’m in a satellite office where there’s 2 partners and 2 associates. I’m one of the associates, the other is in a different department. My boss, one of the two partners, is incompetent. He doesn’t take me to meetings, he’s so disorganized assignments that I’ve given…

Oh I didn’t realize the subtext to the headline was “this is only apropos to those who already have the time to do all this stuff.”

I’d love to work less. Unfortunately, that’s fundamentally incompatible with being a practicing attorney.